Cabinet for interfolded toilet paper, paper towels, etc.



0. A. BOESEL May 2, I933.

CABINET FOR INTERFOLDED TOILET PAPER, PAPER TOWELS, ETC

Filed Feb. 26, 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 May 2, 1933. o. A. BOESEL 1,906,306

CABINET FOR INTERFOLDED TOILET PAPER, PAPER TOWELS, ETC

Filed Feb. 26, 19 32 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 y 3- O. A. BOESEL 1,906,306

CABINET FOR INTERFOLDED TOILET PAPER, PAPER TOWELS, ETC

Filed Feb. 28, 1952 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented May 2, 1933 UNITED STATES PATE OFFICE OTTO A. BOESEL, F ANsONIA, CONNECTICUT, .ASSIGNOR TO THE H. A. MATTHEWS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SEYMOUR, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION CABINET FOR INTERFOLDED TOILET PAPER, EAPER TQWELS, ETC,

Application filed February 26, 1932. Serial No. 535,275.

This invention relates to an improvement in cabinets for interfolded toilet paper, paper towels, etc. In some instances, as in the case of Pullman cars, the porter is responsible for many of the accessories including toilet paper, towels, etc, and at the end of the trip, removes them from the car. In the usual type of cabinets, they are permanently fixed in position, so that it is necessary to open the cabinet and remove the contents. This not only takes time, but the contents must be wrapped so as not to lose their'package form.

The object of this invention is to produce a cabinet which may be readily removed with its contents, and the invention consists: in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a side view, partly in section, of a cabinet constructed in accordance with my invention, with the back connected therewith;

Fig. 4 is a side view, partly in section, showing a cabinet with its back connected with a supporting-plate;

Fig. 5 is a top view, partly in section, of the cabinet proper;

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view of the cabinet proper, detached;

Fig. 7 is a side view of the back, detached;

Fig. 8 is a side view of the supportingmember, with the cabinet detached;

Fig. 9 is a top view of the supportingplate, detached; and

Fig. 10 is a top view of the back, detached.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a cabinet of substantially usual construction except that instead of having a hinged back adapted to be locked with the front, I employ a flat back 16 formed with longitudinally-arranged rearwardly-projecting flattened ribs 17 and 18, and secured to these ribs by spot-welding or otherwise are flat strips 19 and 20 these strips being widerthan the ribs, so as toproject on opposite sides and formspaces 21 and 22. The lower end23 is bent forward and the lower end 24 of the front 25 is bent inward, forming a 27 and 28, which enter 'the'spaces 21in-the back, the parts fitting so that the back will be frictionally held in engagement with thecabinet. I i A *Secured to a wall:29 or other supporting surface is a plate 30 formed with insets 31, through which fastening-screws 32 extend, and so that the plate 30 is spaced from the supporting surface and the width of the plate 30 is such that its side-edges 33 will enter the spaces 22, and so that the cabinet, with its back, is engaged with the plate 30 and the upper rear edge of the cabinet-will be formed with a flange 34 which willrest upon the top of the plate 30 so as to limit the downward movement of the cabinet.

It is customary in cabinets of this 'character to have a weight 35 mounted on an arm 36 which is connected with a stud 37 projecting through the front of the cabinet, and having a head 38 outside the cabinet, this head acting to indicate the amount of material in the cabinet. For stationary cabinets, the weight maintains its position by gravity, but where the cabinet is to be removed, it is desirable that the weight should be held against the column of articles in the cabinet, and for this purpose, I provide a spring 39, one end of which is attached to the arm 36, the spring being wound around the stud 37, and the other end 40 of the spring bearing against one of the side-walls of the cabinet, the tendency of the spring being to force the weight downward and hold it a ainst the top of the pack of articles in the cabinet.

When the cabinet with its back is removed from its support, the back may be separated from the cabinet proper by force sufi'icient to overcome the friction between the parts and the cabinet may be readily refilled. This also provides that the cabinet, with its back, may be readily removed from the support and transported without danger of disarranging the contents.

I claim:

1. The combination with a cabinet-casing, of a back for said casing, said back formed near its side edges with offset ribs, plates secured to said ribs and projecting on opposite sides therefrom so as to form two outer and two inner channels between the plates and the said back, the rear of the casing formed with inturned sides adapted to enter the outer channels, and a mounting-plate adapted to have its side edges enter the inner channelsysaid cabinet and back formed at their lower edges to provide a mouth through which the contents'of the cabinet may be removed.

2. The combination with a casing, of a back for said casing, plates secured to and offset from said back so as to form two outer and two inner channels between the back of the casing and the said plates, the rear of the casing formed with inturned sides adapted to enter the outer channels, and a mounting-pla-te adapted to have its side edges enter the inner channels.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification.

1 OTTO A. BOESEL. 

